Chișineu-Criș

Chişineu - Criş (Hungarian Kisjenő ) is a town in Arad County, Romania.

Geographical location

Chişineu - Criş lies in western Romania, in the eastern part of the Great Hungarian Plain, on both sides of the river Crisul Alb ( White yelp ). The county capital Arad is located about 40 km south.

History

The territory of the present-day town has been inhabited since at least 500 BC. Other archaeological finds date from the 3rd - 5th and the 10-11. Century. The current city was first mentioned in 1202 under the name of Villa Jeneusol. The place belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary. On May 9, 1735 took place southwest of Chişineu - Criş a battle between 1,500 insurgent Romanian, Hungarian and Serbian peasants led by Petru Seghedinat from Pecica one hand and Habsburg units on the other hand instead. On August 13, 1849 near the town capitulated in large parts of the Hungarian revolutionary army against the Austrian army.

The present city was originally composed of two districts, Chişineu - Criş north of the White yelp and Padureni (Hungarian Erdőhegy ) south of it. Between the world wars, both villages were administratively united. Chişineu - Criş came after the end of World War I in Romania and in 1968 was declared a town.

The main industries are agriculture, electrical and metal-working industries.

Population

1850 lived on the territory of today's 5,610 people, including 2,997 Romanians, 2,457 Hungarians and 48 German. In 1992 the population of 9,021 with its peak and has since been slowly declining. As of the 2002 census, 8,343 inhabitants were registered in Chişineu - Criş, including 6,007 Romanians, 2,006 Hungarians, 261 Roma, 35 German and 25 Slovaks. 6,556 people lived in the city proper in the strict sense, in 1787 eingemeindeten place Nadab.

Traffic

On the territory of the city are three railway stations. Along the route from Arad to Oradea keep in Chişineu - Criş station also express trains, in Nadab only local trains. The town also has branches off a branch line to Grăniceri to the Hungarian border, the sooner further led by Kétegyháza. At this distance lies the Padureni Arad station. Through the city's European Route 671 leads from Timisoara to Satu Mare. Of these, a road branches off to Békéscsaba in Hungary.

Attractions

  • The church Înălţarea Domnului (18th century)

Personalities

  • Ernő Balogh (1882-1969), geologist
  • Adalbert Boros (1908-2003), Roman Catholic Archbishop
  • Sergiu Samarian (1923-1991), chess player
Hungarian language Curtici Lipova (Arad)
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